G'day everyone, welcome back to another exercise video
what we're going to go through in this exercise video today
are some exercises for the eyes
the eyes are a part of the body
we don't usually think about doing exercises for
but they are a part of the body that
we do strain each day with our modern lifestyles
because of the amount of time we spend on screens
so what we're going to go through today
are some exercises to keep the eyes strong
we're also going to go through some exercises
to relax the eyes and
we're also going to work or do a few exercises
to work the focus or the vision
so these exercises today
are going to be simple, very easy to do
but as with any exercises
make sure you check with your doctor before doing them
and when you're ready, let's get into them
the first exercise we're going to go through
is just some blinking
a great little exercise to lubricate those eyes
what we're going to do is just blink 10 times
normal speed, let's go
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and ten - excellent work
now what we're going to do are 10 fast blinks
going at your own speed
I am going to count
but take your time, go as fast as you can
and let's go
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and ten - excellent work
now what we're going to do, are some slow blinks
we're going to do five slow blinks
this is a little bit more challenging
does take a little bit of practice
because we are used to blinking a little bit faster
so nice slow controlled blinks
let's go
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nice and slow three - excellent work
now for these last two, let's keep our eyes closed for a little bit after we blink - nice and slow
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keep your eyes closed, and last one
five - excellent work
the next exercise we're going to do
is a focus exercise
what we're going to do is bring our finger up
about 30 centimeters in front of our face
we're going to keep our eyes focused on our finger
and whilst we're keeping our eyes focused on our finger
we're going to bring it in towards our face
we're just going to stop a few centimeters
before the nose keeping the focus on the finger
and then we're going to draw it out
back to where we started from
about 30 seconds out in front of the face - excellent work
now we're going to do that two more times
let's go again bring the finger up keeping the focus on the finger
bring it in towards you - excellent work
and now let's bring the finger out - great work
okay let's go once more bring the finger up
keeping your eyes focused on your finger
bringing it in towards you - excellent work
holding for one second keeping the focus on the finger
now bringing it out - excellent work
okay make sure you're sitting in an upright posture
for doing these exercises well don't let yourself slouch
might as well work your postural muscles as well
okay now let's get on to the next exercise
the next exercise we're going to do is all fours
so we're going to look to the left down to the right and then up ways
so we're going to keep our neck and head relaxed throughout this exercise
we're going to keep it still so we're not moving the neck or head
we're just moving from the eyes so now let's look left
good back to the front - excellent work
now let's look right excellent work back to the front
now let's look down - great work
back to the front now to the ceiling - excellent work
now back to the front okay let's do that again let's go to the left - great work
let's go to the right - great work
let's go down
let's look up - excellent work
okay now let's do the same thing again
one last time let's start with going to the right this time - excellent work
now let's go to the left - great work
now let's look up - great work
now let's look down - excellent work
okay so this next exercise we're going to do
is a relaxing little exercise to do for the eye
so it's a good exercise to do when you're spending a lot of time on the screen
what we're going to do is firstly make sure our hands are nice and clean
and we're going to rub our hands together
just like this getting the blood circulating to those hands
we're going to do this for about five seconds
okay now what we're going to do is place our palms over our eyes
just like this so we're not putting any pressure on those eyes
we're just placing them over the eyes
we're making sure everything's blocked out so it's completely black
as I said a good exercise to do when you're spending a lot of time staring at the screen
and we're just focusing on relaxing those eye muscles relax your body as well
that's it and you just want to hold this exercise
blocking out of the light focusing on relaxing those eye muscles
for at least a minute
so really focus on relaxing those eyes going to go for another 20 more seconds
making sure there's no light coming in and your eyes are closed during this exercise
they're not closed tight just a relaxed close
okay let's go for five more seconds and
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one - excellent work
bring those hands down opening the eyes
okay so the next exercise we're going to do is looking into the distance
another great exercise to do when you're spending time on the screen
try every 20 minutes to look away from the screen
and look out into the distance like we're doing today
so head to a window or outside where you can look out into the distance
and what you're going to do is look 20 feet out into the distance
so I'm going to look out my window out here
and pick a spot about 20 feet away and just focus on that
in case you're just going to let everything relax
let your eyes relax and you're just relaxing not straining looking into that distance
excellent work
you want to hold this for at least 20 seconds
if you can go for a bit longer that's great
and try to do this throughout the day as I said
that's it if your eyes go blurry they start to water just let it happen
and just relax into it - excellent work
now choose something a little bit further so let's go 50 feet this time
this is a good exercise to do when you're going on your walks out in nature
I look to the waves look to trees look to the mountains I looked at buildings
that's it keep your focus about 50 feet away now - great work
okay now let's go even further now as far as you can just looking out
don't strain just picking something in the distances that you can see and holding it there
remember to blink as well
that's it again if your eyes go blurry or fuzzy or watery just let it happen
and looking out into the distance as far as you can
okay let's hold it for a bit longer - excellent work
okay now bringing your gaze back and we're all done
five simple exercises which are great for the eyes
they help relax the eyes they help strengthen the eyes
we also did a bit of focus and vision work in those exercises as well
so let me know how you went with these exercises down below
I know when I do them my eyes feel great
I hope you got the same relief from doing these exercises
also let me know down below what you'd like to see
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